Ian

Boy name

Ian ranks #3,999 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 6 places, 13 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #4,006 for cats.

Ian's popularity trend

Ian's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2012.

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Year	Share
2020	0.002%
2019	0.002%
2018	0.004%
2017	0.003%
2016	0.003%
2015	0.003%
2014	0.003%
2013	0.005%
2012	0.005%
2011	0.004%
2010	0.005%
2009	0.005%
2008	0.004%
2007	0.003%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 6 places

Popularity rank

#3,999

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

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2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% boys

0% girls100% boys

Where Ian shows up

Ian's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


SeattleUnited States of America	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Ian

Sebastian Brian Maximilian Julian Maximillian Christian Damian Lucian Caspian Bastian Dorian Cian